As I've said on the odd occassion on here, I'm not Kebe's biggest fan and I don't think he's good enough for the Premier League.
Having said that he's proven to be unplayable on the odd occassion for us over the last 18 months and I do think managers buy players on their potential to perform as much as anything else. A manager has to back himself to be able to improve a player and get the best out of them. With that in mind I wouldn't be too surprised if a Premier League manager showed some interest in him.
I think it's more likely he'd go back to the continent though.
I don't think Kebe is that close to Routledge to be honest though and I can certainly understand why players like him and the lad at Leeds whose name I can't quite remember (is it Gradel??) would attract a bit more interest for a similar type of player.