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Mon 07 Jul 2007Bates still in pole positionKen Bates appears to be in pole position to regain control of Leeds United after one of the leading bidders for the ailing club last night described the sale process as "utterly prejudicial".After buying it back from Bates's consortium last Friday the administrators, KPMG, have set a deadline of 5pm today for new bids for the club. But there are claims that only Bates, Leeds's chairman since January 2005, has been allowed full access to the books in recent months.