And Bates was scathing in his criticism of Leeds MPs Colin Burgon, Phil Willis and George Mudie for prompting the taxman to challenge his initial buy-back of the club over an unpaid £7.7m bill.
He said: "It's been annoying and part of the delay has been caused by people who profess to 'love' this great club who have done their damnedest to cause as much trouble as they possibly can for reasons other than the best interests of this club.
"I would particularly like to thank the three local MPs who did their best to b****r up the club completely, but failed despite putting political pressure on the Inland Revenue. We can forget about them now.
"They are dead ducks and we can move on. We will take it forward and part of the reason we will succeed will be because of the Leeds fans. 99.9 per cent of the letters, emails and telephone calls we get are supporting us. That's as good as Saddam Hussein got, and he was fiddling the figures."
Burgon hit back: "We've gone through some dark days and I think this is another dark chapter in the history of Leeds United. My reaction will be shared by thousands of Leeds supporters."
And Ray Fell, chairman of the Leeds United Supporters Club, said: "I haven't seen any dancing in the streets since the announcement was made."
Bates hopes the transfer embargo, which has affected Dennis Wise, will be lifted today if Leeds can persuade the Football League at their monthly meeting to return their share and clear them to kick off the season at Tranmere on August 11.