George Groves says Callum Smith "wouldn't be a problem" if an all-British super-middleweight fight could be made.
Groves looked sharp on his return to the ring on Saturday, stopping Italian Andrea Di Luisa inside five rounds on his first appearance since defeat to WBC champion Badou Jack.
A fourth world title shot - against WBO king Arthur Abraham - is a summer option for the Londoner, according to promoter Kalle Sauerland.
But Groves would take a crack at Liverpool's Smith, whose April meeting with Hadillah Mohoumadi has been sanctioned as an eliminator for Jack's world title.
Groves and his team dispute that decision and he said: "I'll fight Callum Smith for the No 1 spot, that's a fight that interests me.
"That's one of many options but if they want to present it, I'll have it. I like Callum Smith [as a fighter] but he wouldn't be a problem at all."
Groves contemplated retirement after he was outpointed by Jack in September but instead took on Shane McGuigan as a trainer.
And the world title dream - twice scuppered by Carl Froch in the past - is still alive according to Sauerland, who said of the Abraham option: "It would be a blockbuster. It's a huge fight, a stadium fight in Germany or in England. But, it is one of many options."