in january 2009, it was revealed that gutiérrez was loaned to everton on a six-months deal for newly play the copa libertadores. his move to this team was on order from the coach nelson acosta. he made his season debut in a 1–0 defeat against unión española. the birdie scored the first libertadores goal of the acosta era in the 1–0 home win to the venezolan club caracas, defining after a great pass of his teammate ezequiel miralles.