ENGLAND CALL-UP FOR URI GELLER
Mind-bending boost
By ANDREW LINES
ENGLAND boss Terry Venables has sensationally called in mindbender
Uri Geller to help his struggling squad.
The psychic maestro has been put on standby to join players at
their hotel.
Geller said his mystical touch could be what the team needs to
help them prepare for Saturday's crunch match with Scotland.
Venables wants him to see the players and provide "a demonstration"
of his powers.
Geller, 49, who made his name bending spoons on TV, has told the
Football Association he would be happy to visit the England players
and give them a "psychic boost".
He feels it would be enough to make them beat the Scots after
Saturday's dismal display against Switzerland.
And he claimed he could have helped them to Wembley victory then
if he had seen them last week.
England Team Administrator Michelle Rogers sent Geller a fax trying
to work out a convenient date for him to visit the team hotel
at Burnham Beeches, Bucks.
It read: "Further to our conversation yesterday I spoke to
Mr Venables about the possibility of you coming to the England
team hotel for a demonstration."
"We are going to have a look at our commitments for next
week and see if we can find a suitable date."
Geller is even set to use the 1966 World Cup winning ball in his
quest to get England on the road to glory.
He said "I would like them all to touch it as an inspiration.
If I can see the England team they will win against Scotland on
Saturday."
Result
"I will tell them to have confidence, to visualise themselves
scoring a goal. They can work up their own powers."
"I want to give them a psychic boost."
"If I have 15 or 20 minutes with them I will be able to bend
something and do telepathy."
"If I could have seen them before the Switzerland game it
would have been a different result"
Geller added: "I left a message at Bisham Abbey to offer
my services and then I was contacted by Michelle."
"She sent me a fax to ask what my schedule was for this week."
"Michelle said they would love to have me along to meet the
team. If I tell them to be positive and that they can win and
then I go ahead with a demonstration in which I bend a spoon,
that will amaze them."
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