What is Manchester United's best XI right now?

Manchester United manager David Moyes recently made some comments suggesting that he's unsure about what his best side is:

"I'm still getting to know my players. I have several players back home who I've not met yet because of international duties. I don't have a starting XI for the Swansea game formulated in my head yet. We still have three games in Europe before the season starts. We'll look at it then."

- Moyes

That, of course, makes sense as a handful of first-team players are back in Manchester tending to various knocks or are being relieved from the strenuous travel of the club's current Asian and Australian pre-season tour after a summer of international duty. I'm sure, though, the Scot has a decent idea of what his best side might be.

This got me thinking that if, hypothetically, United had a title-decider this weekend versus either Manchester City or Chelsea or a massive European knock-out stage tie against a continental power such as Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona, etc., what would your starting XI be? For this exercise and conversation, you can assume that each current first-team player is available for selection. I do understand that any future major summer signing(s) -- if one ever happens -- can severely alter selection choices. Nonetheless, I thought it would be a fun discussion.

Here's mine (4-2-3-1): David de Gea | Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra | Phil Jones, Michael Carrick | Wilfried Zaha, Shinji Kagawa, Danny Welbeck | Robin van Persie

United simply don't have a midfield right now capable of competing with the top sides of Europe and because Moyes is already very good at tactically planning to be a reactive side for a 'big game', I think keeping the shape compact, letting Jones be a ball-winner against good midfields, and breaking down the flanks through the athleticism of Zaha and Welbeck might be a good approach. In addition, there could be some fluidity in the attacking-midfield band as the three deployed are capable of playing on either flank or through the middle -- and there have been signs on tour thus far that Moyes is stressing more fluidity from these positions in comparison to Sir Alex Ferguson's recent sides. Furthermore, if there's a deep-lying playmaker that is influential, Kagawa and Welbeck could easily switch roles as they did in the 2nd-half against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu so that the Englishman could get tight on Xabi Alonso.

Anyway, again, this is supposed to be a fun exercise and something to discuss over the weekend. Feel free to use the comments section below to express your thoughts. Enjoy!